New Times

New Times

”I’m an old man,” wails Gordon Gano. ”I got an old man’s pain.” No longer the poet laureate of puberty, the top Femme (now 30) ushers his Milwaukee trio into maturity with a new drummer and new label. With New Times, the sound hasn’t changed much-bare-bones punkabilly with killer hooks and dive-bombing bass lines-but this time the Femmes cook up some real steam, something they haven’t done since 1984’s rowdy Hallowed Ground. A-